Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Acropolis, Athens' has mentioned 'Limestone' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Nothing of this megaron survives except, probably, a single limestone column-base and pieces of several sandstone steps. | WIKI |
| This Doric limestone building, from which many relics survive, is referred to as the Hekatompedon (Greek for "hundredxe2x80x93footed"), Ur-Parthenon (German for "original Parthenon" or "primitive Parthenon"), Hxe2x80x93Architecture or Bluebeard temple, after the pedimental three-bodied man-serpent sculpture, whose beards were painted dark blue. | WIKI |
| For this reason, Athenians decided to stop the construction of the Olympieion temple which was connoted with the tyrant Peisistratos and his sons and, instead, used the Piraeus limestone destined for the Olympieion to build the Older Parthenon. | WIKI |
| In order to accommodate the new temple, the south part of the summit was cleared, made level by adding some 8,000 two-ton blocks of limestone, a foundation 11xc2xa0m (36xc2xa0ft) deep at some points, and the rest was filled with soil kept in place by the retaining wall. | WIKI |
| The limestone phase of the building is referred to as Pre-Parthenon I and the marble phase as Pre-Parthenon II. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis is a klippe consisting of two lithostratigraphic units, the Athens schist and the overlying Acropolis limestone. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis limestone dates from the upper Jurassic period, predating the underlying Athens schist by about 30 million years. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis limestone was thrust over the Athens schist by compressional tectonic forces (Plate tectonics), forming a nappe or overthrust sheet. | WIKI |
| Erosion of the limestone nappe led to the eventual detachment of the Acropolis, forming the present day feature. | WIKI |
| Where the Athens schist and the limestone meet there are springs and karstic caves. | WIKI |
| The limestone that the Acropolis is built upon is unstable because of the erosion and tectonic shifts that the region is prone to. | WIKI |